OPINION: We need a new approach.

OPINION: The recession and Luxon's political inexperience are two factors for low polling.

OPINION: Spending more on healthcare has not fixed the problems.

OPINION: Closing the gap with Oz will take years but narrowing it each year is achievable.

OPINION: 'Secrecy causes far more damage than disclosure. The answer is ... no secrets'.

OPINION: Prison is the gangs' recruitment centre. Govts start the recruitment process.

OPINION: More debt, tariffs and wealth taxes are all issues in the US election.

OPINION: We need policies that recognise we are both taxpayers and consumers.

OPINION: Are we really going to start people on the path to prison for parking?

OPINION: History has shown government-owned banks have done poorly.

OPINION: Kamalamania appears to be driving the polls in the US.

OPINION: Luxon’s politics is motivated by a desire to lift education achievement.

OPINION: The coalition's drug-buying decisions raise more questions.

OPINION: The economy is too complex for any government to be able to pick winners.

OPINION: Insisting on a plan using today’s technology just gives illusion of certainty.

OPINION: Chris Hipkins cannot extract Labour from the swamp of identity politics.

OPINION: Lifting the quality of teaching must be a priority.

OPINION: Recent TV debates held by the major parties in both countries have been decisive.

OPINION: A Kiwi-invented app could provide the solution.

OPINION: Coalition has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make sweeping deregulations.

OPINION: Since MMP no minor party in Cabinet has survived the next election.

OPINION: The evidence indicates New Zealand has exceeded its peak taxation.

OPINION: US charter schools are so popular that schools hold enrolment lotteries.

OPINION: New Zealand politicians regard just spending money as a success.

OPINION: The Government needs to talk about its vision, not just give a list of actions.

OPINION: Show me an incompetent minister and I'll show you an incompetent department head.

OPINION: 'Public life has cost me two marriages. I was not willing to risk a third.'

OPINION: New Zealand has a free trade agreement with China, not the US.

OPINION: Business leaders are more trusted than politicians.

OPINION: Advocacy ministries are one reason the civil service grew by 14,000.

OPINION: His polling is now down 10 per cent from its peak.

OPINION: What we blast as 'police state' tyranny elsewhere we are doing ourselves.

OPINION: We need both congestion charging and user charges to fix Auckland's traffic jams.

OPINION: PM has left previous govt appointees in key roles - including the Reserve Bank.

Is the best way to get people out of poverty redistributing wealth or a strong economy?

The words are just gesture politics unless they are implemented.

OPINION: Laws are what are passed by Parliament as interpreted by the courts.

OPINION: Giving the city taxpayers’ money would only reward reckless behaviour.

Everything Labour did failed to reduce benefit numbers.

OPINION: This year we need to keep an eye on Japan, with its alarming debt to GDP ratio.

OPINION: Five of the top columns of the year from Richard Prebble.

OPINION: Ongoing technological change is a certainty.

OPINION: All we got for Christmas was rain and bad news.

OPINION: Act leader David Seymour should get his teeth into the earthquake regulations.

OPINION: Aspirational goals can be dangerous.

OPINION: But the new Government has inherited a mess.

OPINION: Labour wasted its years in Opposition and did no policy work.

OPINION: Is election-day enrolment destroying the integrity of our elections?

Opinion: It's obvious that trade with India is the way to reduce our dependence on China.

OPINION: Chris Hipkins must fancy his chances of winning the next election.

OPINION: Luxon needs a coalition capable of solving the problems we face.

OPINION: A likely outcome of the election is another election.

OPINION: Labour’s only hope is a cyber campaign targeting overseas voters.

OPINION: Chris Hipkins gave no reason to re-elect him in first leaders' debate.

OPINION: We are economically going backwards and so too is our quality of life.

OPINION: IMF's growth projections are a warning for NZ.

OPINION: We may see the lowest voter turnout since MMP.

OPINION: Ministers will regret they achieved so little in six years.

OPINION: The sharks are the Greens and NZ First, who are ripping voters off Labour.

OPINION: Peters is getting his revenge on Labour by taking some of that party’s voters.

OPINION: I helped introduce GST - it's easy to collect and easy to pay.

Opinion: Kiri Allan has gone and she will take Labour with her.

OPINION: Luxon does not need to win the debates, just state the case for change.

OPINION: Bully or just a hard-working minister?

OPINION: Polls suggest at least 22 Labour MPs are facing the end of their careers.

OPINION: I cannot decide whether Nanaia Mahuta is talking drivel or is brilliant.

OPINION: We have three of the four horsemen of the economic apocalypse.

OPINION: No party is campaigning to close the productivity gap. They should be.

OPINION: We are well on our way to becoming a Saudi Arabia.

OPINION: Politicians broadly fall into one of two categories.

OPINION: Solomon Islands rivalry shows need to boost our Foreign Affairs effort.

Brooke van Velden's campaign could win over female voters.

OPINION: Labour is using "the wealthy" as an enemy to help it win the election.

OPINION: MPs who come from business usually take six years to adjust to politics.

I had an “Holy cow” moment at 3.40am on Saturday.

OPINION: Government spending has boosted inflation, badly denting Labour's prospects.

This country should steer clear of the anti-China Aukus defence pact.

National's focus on schooling is driven by what matters, not by the polls.